Do some herbs! Rosemary! And basil in a strawberry gin like beefeater is amazing. Also, sorry, but cucumber is amazing with certain gins and so are carrots. The vegetable restriction I do not get. Great video as always. Love from California.
Hey Trevor Mannion I think we will have to agree to disagree on the cucumber! 😊 Keep the comments coming! Always good to hear from the sunshine state! ☀️
Impaleification it is all preference. The true beauty of gin is it provides a base for all sorts of garnishes for each palette. Some just work better with others. Grab your fav and have a drink with me... as long as its gin.
Rosemary (love it with the Gunpowder Irish Gin), thyme, ginger, rose petals, red bell pepper, pepper corns, and star of anise are other garnishes I have had with my G&Ts. I do love grapefruit and really enjoy it especially with Pickering’s Gin.
It's funny how the Brits assume the lemon. As I'm sure you know, in the States if you order a g and t, and say nothing else, there's a 95% chance you will get a lime, a 4.9% percent chance you will get nothing, and 0.1% chance of lemon....with an apology for being out of limes.
Can you do a similar video on botanicals used as garnishes like juniper and herbs like rosemary, mint basil etc... Are they worth using, do they cover up or ruin the original taste of the gin or do they open it up? I personally love to add some fresh rosemary tom my g&t whenever i use Mediterranean tonic i really love the aroma. I haven't yet tried other herbs and i need to try adding botanicals other than just juniper, but they are kind of expensive on amazon... Love your videos!
Thank you very much Nick and what a great idea. Leave it with me and I will put some ideas together. Please be patient though as I have so many suggestions that I’m trying to work my way through!
@@nononsensegindrinking5152 Great can't wait, you could also do a comparison between drinking a gin with the regular Indian tonic as you always do, and trying it with a recommended tonic by fever tree, I noticed that you can find recommended pairings of gin and tonic on the fever tree web site, for example, they recommend drinking Tanqueray and beefeater with the aromatic (pink) tonic, i haven't tried it yet but it would be interesting to see how a different tonic affects the tasting experience
I often omit the garnish entirely so I can enjoy the Gin on its own. As you alluded to, a lot of work has gone into blending the gin to give it its specific flavor. The choice of botanicals is like a sort of alchemy.
Bobby,I thank you for doing this for me,you made my day,I just had a g-n-t,grapefruit NO, cucumber NO,lemon yes,most of the time I use lime,cheers mate.Eric
It's been so long, maybe you should do a follow up with another selection of maybe more leftfield garnishes. What I'm seeing recommended a lot lately is garnishes in pairs that supposedly play well off of each other, depending on the gin of course. Apple and juniper berries, lime and ginger, rosemary and black peppercorns, strawberry and basil, basil and green chili, green chili and lemon, lemon and thyme, lemon and lavender. You're bound to have opinions on some of those!
bobby, what do you think about all the botanics used as garnish? i mean, junipper, anis, cardamome, etc.... and....olives or rosemary? in the ginmare? or grapes in the Nordes Gin?
Hey Nicolas, Personally, i fins any kind of seeds as garnish a bit of a waste of time. they are not really going to effect the flavour unless boiled or crushed up. Also the always end up getting in my mouth! 😩
Hello, nice video as usual! I personnaly like all the garnish you mentionned, probably 70% is lemon though, it's rarely a miss. I can imagine cucumber is not for everyone, within the 5 garnish, it is the one flavor we are not used to have in candies, cakes, sodas etc. We had the others countless times in various forms during our life, it would be very rare that one would not develop a taste for it. Even considering that lemon, lime or grapefruit are not necessarily the first taste you would go for as a baby, cause it's a bit sour, bitter or both. So when combined with a drink, I believe, the unsual taste of cucumber will divid people into 2 groups, the ones that like it for it's unsual combination, and the ones that hate it for the same reason. Whereas for lemon, the vaste majority of people would fit into the group that likes it, or the group that loves it. Sorry for my english, non-native speaker hear.
If a gin is heavily juniper forward I will go with lemon because lime seems to make the drink a little too bitter. I definitely will consider using an orange garnish during my next gin excursion here in Middle America. Cheers!
Depends on different gins... i like to pair with garnish and even a dash of bitters! A lighter floral and piney gin like Roku i pair with a dash of mint bitters and mint leaves from the garden... Citrus forward gins like a Tanq or sipsmith will do well with an orange wheel (i like mine dried and a bit burnt for a marmalade scent) and orange bitters. Give bitters a try with gin tonics, its a whole new world :)
Haha I love to put cucumber in Hendrick's gin, but I agree that it doesn't mix well with certain types of gin. Have you ever tried Napue Gin from Finland? Tastes excellent with rosemary and cranberries :)
Not a cucumber fan for a G&T ... even if they do use Hendricks. My norm is the lime, but I do enjoy a lemon at times as well. I don't know if I've ever tried a G&T with an orange slice like I would if I have a Negroni.
I don't like cucumbers in my gin and tonics either..I'm a grapefruit, orange, and lemon/lime guy...Anyway I drink my gin and Tonics with lillet aperitifs and Campari/Aperol..What are your thoughts on that?
I love grapefruit with gin! Actually Helsinki Gin makes a coctail with grapefruit (it's sold in a can) and it's awesome! I have to try orange, must be awesome!
What really differ my taste from his taste, is that I love red grapefruit in the gin & tonic. He likes the Beefeater, but it is infused by grapefruit peel. We are all different tho. And I really love the Hendric's gin with cucumber.
I agree with you to a point. And the point is this: if the distiller has taken much time and care to make the perfect gin (and they do) why fret about a squeeze of lime, when you pour an ocean of tonic on the distiller's artistry? Makes no sense to me! To me, nothing beats Beefeater, whether in a G&T, or a Martini.
This was the closest thing I've seen on your channel in regards to the spanish "gin tonic" style drinks where they go super heavy on botanicals and garnishing with botanicals. I'd love to see a video on a Spanish gin, called Gin Mare that uses olives, rosemary, thyme, and basil as botanicals. I haven't tried it but would love to see you put it up on your channel with garnishes of thyme rosemary or basil.... Sound odd I know but it is a very popular gin.
Topping G&Ts with dehydrated fruit and botanicals (cardamom, pink peppercorn, coriander, cinnamon bark, dried chili, etc) is very popular in the Philippines- a lot of businesses have popped up selling them in kits!
hey man yesterday i was experimenting making cocktails and i mad an variation on a GT 50ml Gin 50ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed) 10ml Simple syrup (i like mine sweet if not dont use the syrup) shake all that in a shaker and then double strain add tonic to taste i would say 60% drink and 40% tonic or someting like that and for garnish a orange twist for the aroma and thats it please try it out and let me know what you think also dont have a name for it yet so any suggestions would be nice Awesome videos btw
Cucumber peel is my go-to, more so with lemony, dry gins. (...) to be fair, however, most of the time i just drink with with no garnish, enjoy the product as designed by the distiller.
I personally enjoy my gin with a slice of lemon, it just adds some freshness. Havent tried the orange before, as for cucumber, there is a cucumber Sprite available that is absolutely refreshing, wonder if you tried a slice of lemon+cucumber as a gin garnish...
I have always liked lime in a G&T. Anyone ones opinion on tonics? I've tried a couple from the supermarket, but if anyone has anyone have a suggestion I would greatly appreciate. Best regards my fellow gin drinkers.
Well... botanically, cucumber is a fruit. I am with you in that I'm not a huge fan of it. I can see the appeal, as it does provide a distinct freshness. Orange is delicious. My only problem with it is that it's too sweet and low on acid. I do prefer grapefruit, but then again, I love grapefruit. I'll eat that stuff pretty much as you would an orange, haha. Lemon is good and I feel it provides a better aroma than lime. So my order would be: grapefruit, lemon, orange, lime, cucumber. Cheers!
i agree with cucumber.. I don t like ti.....here in my country they put cucumber to almost everithing....adn worst of all...sometimes they make like a fruit salad out of you gin and tonic.....
Having found your channel and gone on a gin journey since, I was a 100% lime person. But now I drink more juniper forward and more expensive gins (Edinburgh gin my current favourite) , I can honestly say lemon is my go to garnish and a big lump of it unsqueezed. I think lime works best with the citrus and floral gins and Lidl Hampstead would always get a big chunk on lime. Grapefruit can be in reserve for really cheep lifeless gins. You may like this site, even though I don't agree with the ones I have tried www.theginguide.com/gin-garnish-guide.html. I do have a bottle of Caorunn Gin that I'm keeping for Christmas, but that recommends red apple. Anyway, another great video, thank you.
I actually like cucumber in my G&T but as a vegetable cucumber isn't particularly bad but rather bland however. Nothing really special about it, making me go like: "Mmm okey... so what else is out there?"
The garnish is dependent on the botanicals in the gin....lemon slice in Plymouth or Bombay, orange slice in Beefeater, and cucumber in Hendrick’s. I find lime slices to be VILE. A garnish should NEVER add a flavor that isn’t already in the gin.
Do some herbs! Rosemary! And basil in a strawberry gin like beefeater is amazing. Also, sorry, but cucumber is amazing with certain gins and so are carrots. The vegetable restriction I do not get. Great video as always. Love from California.
Hey Trevor Mannion
I think we will have to agree to disagree on the cucumber! 😊
Keep the comments coming! Always good to hear from the sunshine state! ☀️
Impaleification it is all preference. The true beauty of gin is it provides a base for all sorts of garnishes for each palette. Some just work better with others. Grab your fav and have a drink with me... as long as its gin.
If you haven’t done it yet, I would love to see a comparison of the most juniper-heavy gins.
I’ll add it to the list! 👍
I for one think the fever tree cucumber tonic is lights out amazing.To each their own my friends!
Rosemary (love it with the Gunpowder Irish Gin), thyme, ginger, rose petals, red bell pepper, pepper corns, and star of anise are other garnishes I have had with my G&Ts. I do love grapefruit and really enjoy it especially with Pickering’s Gin.
Jaclyn Weber Gunpowder is my favourite gin! A real gem.
thanks for the rose petal idea, this is gonna be great in spring!
Cucumber an Grapefruit are my favorites! I love citrus as well, lime especially.
Fresh basil leaf.
It's funny how the Brits assume the lemon. As I'm sure you know, in the States if you order a g and t, and say nothing else, there's a 95% chance you will get a lime, a 4.9% percent chance you will get nothing, and 0.1% chance of lemon....with an apology for being out of limes.
A dry martini with a lemon spiral and the lemon oil spritzed into the martini is absolutely fantastic!! Love from Texas!! 🤠
Can you do a similar video on botanicals used as garnishes like juniper and herbs like rosemary, mint basil etc... Are they worth using, do they cover up or ruin the original taste of the gin or do they open it up? I personally love to add some fresh rosemary tom my g&t whenever i use Mediterranean tonic i really love the aroma. I haven't yet tried other herbs and i need to try adding botanicals other than just juniper, but they are kind of expensive on amazon...
Love your videos!
Thank you very much Nick and what a great idea. Leave it with me and I will put some ideas together. Please be patient though as I have so many suggestions that I’m trying to work my way through!
@@nononsensegindrinking5152 Great can't wait, you could also do a comparison between drinking a gin with the regular Indian tonic as you always do, and trying it with a recommended tonic by fever tree, I noticed that you can find recommended pairings of gin and tonic on the fever tree web site, for example, they recommend drinking Tanqueray and beefeater with the aromatic (pink) tonic, i haven't tried it yet but it would be interesting to see how a different tonic affects the tasting experience
Nik Coleman
I can’t keep up with all your excellent ideas Nick! I shall add it to the list with all the others my friend! 👍
I often omit the garnish entirely so I can enjoy the Gin on its own. As you alluded to, a lot of work has gone into blending the gin to give it its specific flavor. The choice of botanicals is like a sort of alchemy.
Very wise Steve 👍
It depends. If you have a whole bottle of gin, after a while you want to add a garnish just so give it some variety to break up the monotony
Bobby,I thank you for doing this for me,you made my day,I just had a g-n-t,grapefruit NO, cucumber NO,lemon yes,most of the time I use lime,cheers mate.Eric
Eric Ball
You’re very welcome Eric. I’ve also done one on another of your suggestions too! 😊👍
@@nononsensegindrinking5152 Thanx Bobby.
Finger Lime is great of you have access to it (They're native here). Otherwise rosemary or lime are the regulars for me.
Im waiting for the day to buy a plant for my citrus collection but they are really expensive here in germany at the time.
I with you on the cucumber, they are terrible things. A lime will do it for me.
Glad you agree Shawn 👍
It's been so long, maybe you should do a follow up with another selection of maybe more leftfield garnishes. What I'm seeing recommended a lot lately is garnishes in pairs that supposedly play well off of each other, depending on the gin of course. Apple and juniper berries, lime and ginger, rosemary and black peppercorns, strawberry and basil, basil and green chili, green chili and lemon, lemon and thyme, lemon and lavender. You're bound to have opinions on some of those!
I have seen and been enjoying lemon peel and whole peppercorns as the G&T embellishment.
bobby, what do you think about all the botanics used as garnish? i mean, junipper, anis, cardamome, etc.... and....olives or rosemary? in the ginmare? or grapes in the Nordes Gin?
Hey Nicolas,
Personally, i fins any kind of seeds as garnish a bit of a waste of time. they are not really going to effect the flavour unless boiled or crushed up. Also the always end up getting in my mouth! 😩
I've even taken the making huge titanic sinking lumps of ice to get the perfect g and t
Hello, nice video as usual! I personnaly like all the garnish you mentionned, probably 70% is lemon though, it's rarely a miss. I can imagine cucumber is not for everyone, within the 5 garnish, it is the one flavor we are not used to have in candies, cakes, sodas etc. We had the others countless times in various forms during our life, it would be very rare that one would not develop a taste for it. Even considering that lemon, lime or grapefruit are not necessarily the first taste you would go for as a baby, cause it's a bit sour, bitter or both.
So when combined with a drink, I believe, the unsual taste of cucumber will divid people into 2 groups, the ones that like it for it's unsual combination, and the ones that hate it for the same reason. Whereas for lemon, the vaste majority of people would fit into the group that likes it, or the group that loves it.
Sorry for my english, non-native speaker hear.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for your thoughts. Excellent English by the way! Where are you from?
@@nononsensegindrinking5152 I'm french
Paul Whitman
Tres Bien!!🇫🇷
I've gotten to a point where I click like before watching the video when it comes to Bobby. Keep up the good work m8.
Thank you so much Phiwokuhle! 😊
Giv grapefruit a chance..i really think its awesome.
Can u also do a the pink bitter gin germany review?im learning it as well
Thanks Nicholas! I’ll add that to the ever growing list! 😊
If a gin is heavily juniper forward I will go with lemon because lime seems to make the drink a little too bitter. I definitely will consider using an orange garnish during my next gin excursion here in Middle America. Cheers!
Depends on different gins... i like to pair with garnish and even a dash of bitters! A lighter floral and piney gin like Roku i pair with a dash of mint bitters and mint leaves from the garden... Citrus forward gins like a Tanq or sipsmith will do well with an orange wheel (i like mine dried and a bit burnt for a marmalade scent) and orange bitters. Give bitters a try with gin tonics, its a whole new world :)
hi..have yo tried NORDES ATLANTIc GIN....is a very special gin.. would yo please review it? thanks
Nicolas Sergi
I’ll do my best to find some! 👍
Haha I love to put cucumber in Hendrick's gin, but I agree that it doesn't mix well with certain types of gin. Have you ever tried Napue Gin from Finland? Tastes excellent with rosemary and cranberries :)
Not yet but I will add it to the list!
I need to try an orange. Lime is most common in the USA. Totally agree on cucumbers! Yuck! (& I'm allergic)
Glad you agree TheSr Atlanta! 😊😊
Not a cucumber fan for a G&T ... even if they do use Hendricks. My norm is the lime, but I do enjoy a lemon at times as well. I don't know if I've ever tried a G&T with an orange slice like I would if I have a Negroni.
beckmn1
Embrace the orange! 🍊 🍊 🍊👍
my personal favourites atm are blood-clementine, lime, or a little bit of bergamotte zest.
Grapefruit is so visually appealing because of the color, to me at least. I bet a blood orange might be a nice compromise.
Lime guy here. Will try the rosemary since we have tons of it growing in the yard. Who would have thought?
I’ve tried to grow some in my house but it has gone mouldy !! 😩😩
I don't like cucumbers in my gin and tonics either..I'm a grapefruit, orange, and lemon/lime guy...Anyway I drink my gin and Tonics with lillet aperitifs and Campari/Aperol..What are your thoughts on that?
I love grapefruit with gin! Actually Helsinki Gin makes a coctail with grapefruit (it's sold in a can) and it's awesome! I have to try orange, must be awesome!
Angry Camper
Ooh! I’ll have to try that one! I’m not really keen on gins in a can but I’m always open to trying new ones! 😊
What really differ my taste from his taste, is that I love red grapefruit in the gin & tonic. He likes the Beefeater, but it is infused by grapefruit peel. We are all different tho. And I really love the Hendric's gin with cucumber.
Cinnamon and orange peel is pretty damned good!
I agree with you to a point. And the point is this: if the distiller has taken much time and care to make the perfect gin (and they do) why fret about a squeeze of lime, when you pour an ocean of tonic on the distiller's artistry? Makes no sense to me! To me, nothing beats Beefeater, whether in a G&T, or a Martini.
Cucumber!!
This was the closest thing I've seen on your channel in regards to the spanish "gin tonic" style drinks where they go super heavy on botanicals and garnishing with botanicals.
I'd love to see a video on a Spanish gin, called Gin Mare that uses olives, rosemary, thyme, and basil as botanicals. I haven't tried it but would love to see you put it up on your channel with garnishes of thyme rosemary or basil.... Sound odd I know but it is a very popular gin.
Topping G&Ts with dehydrated fruit and botanicals (cardamom, pink peppercorn, coriander, cinnamon bark, dried chili, etc) is very popular in the Philippines- a lot of businesses have popped up selling them in kits!
hey man yesterday i was experimenting making cocktails and i mad an variation on a GT
50ml Gin
50ml Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
10ml Simple syrup (i like mine sweet if not dont use the syrup)
shake all that in a shaker and then double strain
add tonic to taste i would say 60% drink and 40% tonic or someting like that
and for garnish a orange twist for the aroma
and thats it please try it out and let me know what you think also dont have a name for it yet so any suggestions would be nice
Awesome videos btw
hey xilerath,
thanks for sharing this recipe with me. Sound like my kind of drink! I shall definitely try this later. Can't wait!
Cucamber ist just ok with Gins that use it as Botanical. I like herbs like Thyme and Rosemary in my dry gins
Cucumber peel is my go-to, more so with lemony, dry gins.
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to be fair, however, most of the time i just drink with with no garnish, enjoy the product as designed by the distiller.
I personally enjoy my gin with a slice of lemon, it just adds some freshness. Havent tried the orange before, as for cucumber, there is a cucumber Sprite available that is absolutely refreshing, wonder if you tried a slice of lemon+cucumber as a gin garnish...
But aren’t you doing that by using tonic anyway? Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe somewhere along the way the g&t became confused with the gin rickey
Chilipeper, cardamom, cinnamon, pink peppercorns, sechuanpepper to name a few. In combinanion with all sorts of citrusses. G&T heaven. ;-)
Sprig of Rosemary is delicious
I have always liked lime in a G&T. Anyone ones opinion on tonics? I've tried a couple from the supermarket, but if anyone has anyone have a suggestion I would greatly appreciate. Best regards my fellow gin drinkers.
Hilarious cucumber bit but, the cucumber's closest relative is the watermelon. Is a watermelon a vegetable or is A CUCUMBER A FRUIT????????????
I hate cucumber in a gin.... YAK!!! MADNESS INDEED!!! What about pink pepper, hibiscus, cardamom, or junipers?
Angry Camper
Agreed! 👍
I love specific Gins with Cucumber. Sometime garnish with a pinch of coarse pepper ;) don't hate me :F
I could never hate you Michy! ❤️❤️😊😊
Team cucumba!
Enjoy Readers Gin from Finland. Best Gin!
Try rosemary,on it’s own or with a slice of lemon
concombre mon ami
if anything I rub a little citrus rind on the rim, but never squirt any juice inside. also never any lime. too strong and makes it taste Mexican.
Well... botanically, cucumber is a fruit. I am with you in that I'm not a huge fan of it. I can see the appeal, as it does provide a distinct freshness. Orange is delicious. My only problem with it is that it's too sweet and low on acid. I do prefer grapefruit, but then again, I love grapefruit. I'll eat that stuff pretty much as you would an orange, haha. Lemon is good and I feel it provides a better aroma than lime. So my order would be: grapefruit, lemon, orange, lime, cucumber. Cheers!
i agree with cucumber.. I don t like ti.....here in my country they put cucumber to almost everithing....adn worst of all...sometimes they make like a fruit salad out of you gin and tonic.....
oh deer! sounds awful! 😂
I could drink gin garnished with anything... I just love gin 😁🥂
lime and cumber in your gin and tonic leaves a aftertaste of honeydew melon
Lavander let the gins flavour enhance and develop..,will not overpower your drink also,and it makes your glass of gin & tonic attractive aswell.
Having found your channel and gone on a gin journey since, I was a 100% lime person. But now I drink more juniper forward and more expensive gins (Edinburgh gin my current favourite) , I can honestly say lemon is my go to garnish and a big lump of it unsqueezed. I think lime works best with the citrus and floral gins and Lidl Hampstead would always get a big chunk on lime. Grapefruit can be in reserve for really cheep lifeless gins. You may like this site, even though I don't agree with the ones I have tried www.theginguide.com/gin-garnish-guide.html. I do have a bottle of Caorunn Gin that I'm keeping for Christmas, but that recommends red apple. Anyway, another great video, thank you.
Thanks loose_ cannon26 !
I will definitely check that site out 😊👍
more G in my T ofc
I actually like cucumber in my G&T but as a vegetable cucumber isn't particularly bad but rather bland however. Nothing really special about it, making me go like: "Mmm okey... so what else is out there?"
The garnish is dependent on the botanicals in the gin....lemon slice in Plymouth or Bombay, orange slice in Beefeater, and cucumber in Hendrick’s. I find lime slices to be VILE. A garnish should NEVER add a flavor that isn’t already in the gin.
I couldn’t agree more swc789rjp! 😊👍
I bet a carrot could make a decent gin garnish
cucumbers are a technically fruit.
No wonder why you hate hendricks, you hate grapefruit too!! Jaja well still enjoy your videos pal, keep it up!
No squessssss please!
Personally I hate cucumber in my gin. Blah. Haven’t had an orange garnish 😲. Usually preference is lime.
I love your channel but cucumber is delicious and subtle. You'll change your mind one day.
Thank you James Freiwirth, but I think that’s one thing we will have to agree to disagree on! 😊😊😊👍👍👍
My wife likes a bit of bruised basil in her gin and tonics.
I hate to burst your bubble, bud...but cucumbers are fruits. Aaaaaand grapefruit is a delicious citrus to pair with gin 😁
I really like Sipsmith but the label puts me off. I hate birds!
Cucumber is a fruit.
I hate cucumber. Crunchy, compost tasting, water!
Couldn’t have put it better my self Bob! 👍
Lavander let the gins flavour enhance and develop..,will not overpower your drink also,and it makes your glass of gin & tonic attractive aswell.